第二十三

dì-èrshísān
number #36,996

Meanings

  1. 1 the twenty-third; 23rd
  2. 2 No. 23

Examples

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng déle dì-èrshísān míng.
He came in 23rd in the competition.
Qǐng fān dào dì-èrshísān yè.
Please turn to page 23.
Jīntiān shì dì-èrshísān jiè bìyè diǎnlǐ.
Today is the 23rd graduation ceremony.

Tips

grammar
(dì) is the ordinal-number prefix that turns any cardinal number into an ordinal: 第一 'first', 第二 'second', 第二十三 'twenty-third'. After the number you almost always need a measure word or counting noun: 第二十三 '23rd place', 第二十三 '23rd session', 第二十三 '23rd page'.

Stroke Order

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